Columbia University

Iva Greenwald

Diane Levitan

Xiajun Li

E Jane Hubbard

This invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a SEL-12. This invention further provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule which encodes a mutated SEL-12. This invention also provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule which encodes a mutated SEL-12, wherein the mutated SEL-12 contains at least one of the following: position 115 is a leucine, position 132 is an arginine, position 215 is a glutamic acid, position 229 is a valine, position 254 is a valine, position 255 is a valine, position 371 is a valine, position 387 is a tyrosine, position 104 is an isoleucine or position 204 is a valine. This invention further provides different uses of these nucleic acid molecules. This invention also provides different sel-12 mutants and transgenic animals which carry wild-type or mutated sel-12.

Sel-12 related methods

This invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a SEL-12. This invention further provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule which encodes a mutated SEL-12. This invention also provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule which encodes a mutated SEL-12, wherein the mutated SEL-12 contains at least one of the following: position 115 is a leucine, position 132 is an arginine, position 215 is a glutamic acid, position 229 is a valine, position 254 is a valine, position 255 is a valine, position 371 is a valine, position 387 is a tyrosine, position 104 is an isoleucine or position 204 is a valine, This invention further provides different uses of these nucleic acid molecules. This invention also provides different sel-12 mutants and transgenic animals which carry wild-type or mutated sel-12.

Identification of sel-12 and uses thereof

This invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule which encodes a wildtype or mutated HOP-1. This invention also provides a purified wild-type HOP-1 protein or a purified mutated HOP-1 protein. This invention also provides a method for production of an antibody capable of binding to wild-type HOP-1 or mutated HOP-1 protein. This invention also provides an antibody capable of specifically binding to wild-type HOP-1 or mutated HOP-1. This invention also provides a transgenic animal comprising the isolated nucleic molecule encoding HOP-This invention also provides mutants in the endogenous hop-1 gene and various method to produce such mutants. This invention also provides a method for identifying a compound which is capable of ameliorating Alzheimer's disease. This invention also provides a method for determining whether a compound is capable of ameliorating Alzheimer's disease. This invention also provides a method for producing suppressors of a hop-1 allele. This invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition effective in ameliorating Alzheimer's disease and methods of using such a pharmaceutical composition.

Identification oh HOP-1 and uses thereof

This invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule which encodes a wildtype or mutated SEL-10. This invention also provides a purified wild-type SEL-10 protein or a purified mutated SEL-10 protein. This invention also provides a method for production of an antibody capable of binding to wild-type SEL-10 or mutated SEL-10 protein. This invention also provides an antibody capable of specifically binding to wild-type SEL-10 or mutated SEL-10. This invention also provides a transgenic animal comprising the isolated nucleic molecule encoding SEL-10. This invention also provides a method for identifying a compound which is capable of ameliorating Alzheimer's disease. This invention also provides a method for determining whether a compound is capable of ameliorating Alzheimer's disease. This invention further provides a method for identifying a compound which is capable of treating cancer. This invention also provides a method for determining whether a compound is capable of treating cancer. This invention also provides a method for identifying a suppressor or enhancer that affects lin-12 or sel-12 activity in the same manner as sel-10. This invention also provides a method for producing suppressors of a sel-10 allele. This invention also provides a method for reversing the malignant phenotype of cells. This invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition effective in ameliorating Alzheimer's disease and treating cancer and methods of using such a pharmaceutical composition.

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